All posts tagged Debt capital markets

J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.’s debt capital markets team is still on top in the bond world.

For the fourth year in a row, J.P. Morgan topped the so-called league tables as the bank that advised on the most bond deals—both globally and in the U.S., according to Dealogic. And the $415 billion in bond offerings it advised on globally was also tops for the industry, Dealogic said. Read More »

U.S. corporate cash piles grew to a record amount in 2013, fueled by a red-hot bond market, a modestly improving economy and tax policy that discourages companies from repatriating money stashed overseas, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services says in a report to be released Monday. Read More »

The euro zone’s sovereigns kick off their second-quarter bond issuance next week, but eyes are likely to be more focused on the region’s inflation outlook and the impact this has on the European Central Bank’s decision making. Read More »

J.P.Morgan Chase & Co. has named its co-head of global debt capital markets Andy O’Brien to a new role, global head of loan capital strategy for banking, according to an internal memo seen by The Wall Street Journal. Read More »

Debt issuance in Southeast Asia is off to a record start this year, and the pace may continue in coming months if equity markets remain volatile.

“If the market continues to be as choppy as it is now, it may actually bode well for the bond markets” as companies and investors seek shelter, said Clifford Lee, managing director and head of fixed income at DBS Bank in Singapore. Read More »

Political unrest in Ukraine over President Viktor Yanukovych’s decision not to sign an association agreement with the European Union following pressure from Russia has been clobbering the former Soviet republic’s debt prices and raising the cost of insuring its debt against default.

Here’s a quick rundown of what analysts are making of the turmoil in Kiev. Read More »

Things are (surprise, surprise) looking good for Goldman Sachs. If the U.S. bank keeps up the pace it has set so far this year, it could rake in as much from investment banking work in 2013 as it did in 2007. That’s no mean feat, but it’s hardly breaking news that Goldman Sachs, whatever its faults, knows how to make a buck or two. What’s interesting is that this familiar tune is being played in a subtly different key. Read More »

Indonesia had to pay a higher premium to sell its latest U.S. dollar-denominated Islamic bond, but the offering–equal to the largest such deal in Asia–attracted healthy demand despite a recent selloff in emerging-market assets.